I’m a mother of one son and remember Parent’s Evenings as one of those formal occasions I would look forward to; meeting my son’s teacher, discussing his work and behaviour, his friendship groups and his strengths and weaknesses. I also remember my own parents’ visits to these evenings; both...
Read MoreDavid Attenborough’s Blue Planet In today’s group session the students were asked to discuss the natural world and were encouraged to think about the planet and some of the programmes they have watched in David Attenborough’s Blue Planet series. This is a vital topic for not only conversation but...
Read MoreOur students from the age of 8 upwards are enjoying ‘The Famous Five’ after much encouragement and weaning away from Jacqueline Wilson’s books and the Horrid Henry series. This is the activity sheet which encourages students to recall buy levitra pills online their favourite characters and parts of their...
Read MoreA Happy New Year to you and yours! It is the beginning of 2018 – hasn’t 2017 just flown by?! So we are all making lists of things we want to do, get or buy that will make this year the best year we have ever had. Our best...
Read MoreShould ‘Britishness’ be taught in all schools? The new Ofsted report is out. It raises important, not to say disturbing, questions about what schools in the United Kingdom should teach. One of the areas of focus in the report is the standards met (or not met, in this case)...
Read MoreI thought we would start our new round of blog posts with a very important topic that is at the start of a child’s educational life: a nursery. The EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) framework, setting standards for the care, learning and development of children below 5 in the...
Read MoreHello! I know I’ve been gone for a while, but there was a very good reason. I have been working hard on putting together many wonderful things! Now comes the long awaited time for me to unveil all the exciting things I’ve been working on. I hope you will agree...
Read MoreWe expect our students and children to ‘study’, but most of the time we just mean completing homework or prepping for a class test. Studying is much more than this. It is an art – even a science, or at least a technique – which needs to be made...
Read MoreEngland has long been viewed as a classist society. One of the things that has given people this impression, or has perpetuated the social structure, depending on which newspaper you subscribe to, has been education. The sons (in the past, at least) of noble families went to Eton or...
Read MoreIf you enjoyed my previous post on Verbal Reasoning test papers, please comment or like my post. This post here is my last one in the series of preparing your child for school entrance exams. Make sure to read the other posts in this very useful series, if you...
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